• Welcome to the Cricket Web forums, one of the biggest forums in the world dedicated to cricket.

    You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join the Cricket Web community today!

    If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact us.

*Official* Sri Lanka in Pakistan Thread

R

reason4passion

Banned
Yes Indeed a good performance by Pakistanis . I hope some body is going to tell their batsmen that test is supposed to be played in 5 full days .
This is the problem which arises when you play a lot of one dayers .
Afridi seems to be a good bowler and looks like Russell Crowe. !!!
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
SL 208 all out in the last over of the day.

Buchnor being plagued by his usual problems :D it seems!!

82.1 Abdul Razzaq to Herath, OUT: a good ball on the off stump that
seamed away and an appeal for caught behind upheld by umpire
Bucknor but Herath seemed unlucky as the replays screen shows the
bat had hit the boot

Earlier Atapattu's catch was also said to be a dubious decision.

Pakistan will commence their innings on Day 2, very much on top.
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Tony Blade said:
Atapattu looked out, IMO
Click to expand...
You saw it, I did not. So I will take your word for it. :)

What I said above was from the Cricinfo commentary.

Good to see the young Pakistan bowlers measuring up at test level and bowling well. ( I mean Afridi and Kaneria ).
 
Last edited:
maxpower

maxpower

U19 Cricketer
imranrabb said:
harmison faster then shoiab thats a joke.Shoiab and sami when bowling at full pace are faster then harmo.I havent seen harmo bowl consistently at 95mph for 5 overs only at 90mph-91mph consistently.
Click to expand...
harmo is not faster at the moment, but with his high arm action and his height he can become fastest if he wants to. I also like shabbir and his action still doesnt seem very fluid even after its been modified, he can also become a speedster.
 
twctopcat

twctopcat

International Regular
Neil Pickup said:
Harmison hit 98.1mph (that's 158kph) this summer and consistently averages in the low 90s (that's 145+).
Click to expand...
Really???? That's mental. Difference between Harmison and Aktar is he doesn't have to strain to bowl, when you look at Aktar he looks constantly knackered.
 
twctopcat

twctopcat

International Regular
marc71178 said:
I haven't seen Shoaib bowl 5 overs consistently at 95mph - in fact I don't think any bowler in the World at the moment would have a body that would stand up to that - an over at most.
Click to expand...
To be fair Bond and Lee did it in the 03' WC a few times. Though those pitches seemed especially fast, i remember Zaheer Khan getting low 90's which isn't usually his speed.
 
Neil Pickup

Neil Pickup

Request Your Custom Title Now!
twctopcat said:
To be fair Bond and Lee did it in the 03' WC a few times. Though those pitches seemed especially fast, i remember Zaheer Khan getting low 90's which isn't usually his speed.
Click to expand...
That was either altitude or speedometers. Too many bowlers hit paces they've not been at before or since for it to be coincedental.
 
marc71178

marc71178

Eyes not spreadsheets
twctopcat said:
To be fair Bond and Lee did it in the 03' WC a few times. Though those pitches seemed especially fast, i remember Zaheer Khan getting low 90's which isn't usually his speed.
Click to expand...
5 overs spells all that quick?

And the altitude etc. made those speeds artificially high.
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Pakistan off to a flier. 1/41 after 10 overs. Yasir Hameed out for 3.

Imran Farhat in a very attacking mode. 27 off 30 balls with 5 fours.
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Pakistan are absolutely killing SL, ATM. :shock: :boxed: :sweat: :( :bag:

1/120 . Imran Farhat 65 (off 88 balls), Younis Khan 52 (off 68 balls).

The SL bowling looks totally inoccuous and is being smashed around by the two brilliant Pakistani batsmen, and on a turner like this the absence of Murali is clearly showing.
 
J

JASON

Cricketer Of The Year
Finally Vaas gets the break thru'. Imran Farhat lbw Vaas 72 . Pakistan 2/135

New batsman Inzy the great.
 
Arjun

Arjun

Cricketer Of The Year
I had been watching both matches side by side, and there is a difference between the way the Pakistanis were batting from the way the Indians pretended to bat. Imran, Younis and Inzy just worked the ball into gaps, ran hard and played out more than a few overs. No more were they fishing outside the off-stump. Really simple stuff. Why couldn't the Indians bat that way?
 
Swervy

Swervy

International Captain
Arjun said:
I had been watching both matches side by side, and there is a difference between the way the Pakistanis were batting from the way the Indians pretended to bat. Imran, Younis and Inzy just worked the ball into gaps, ran hard and played out more than a few overs. No more were they fishing outside the off-stump. Really simple stuff. Why couldn't the Indians bat that way?
Click to expand...
a bit of a difference facing the Sri lankans and facing the Australians dont you think
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Top